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Vol. 079 Issue 011 (November 1 2015)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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We Are All Connected
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Conniff, Ruth
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EDITOR’S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF We Are All Connected In this issue of the magazine, we turn our eyes to struggles for democracy and human rights around the globe. From the tobacco fields of Brazil,...
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The Real Costs of War
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Conniff, Ruth
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The Real Costs of War Veterans are on the leading edge of U.S. policy. They absorb the shock—for all Americans—of our choices about getting into wars. They have to confront and deal with how our...
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No Comment
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Goldenberg, Stuart
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Don’t Blame the Muslims A member of a self-described “patriot” group was shot while guarding a survivalist gun store in Oktaha, Oklahoma. The store, Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gear, had...
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Letters
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More Room in Blue Jean Nation Your article on Mike McCabe (“Blue Jeans, Big Dreams,” September issue) seems to show McCabe dealing mostly with traditional political constituencies, dispirited as...
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Projects
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Why Ben Carson Resonates With the GOP By Clarence Lusane There is one candidate in the Republican presidential race who can potentially derail the Donald Trump Express, and it’s not Jeb Bush. The...
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Syrian Refugees' Human Rights Struggle-and Ours
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Etter, Daniel
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Human Rights Watch has been on the ground, speaking with Syrian refugees as they flee through Europe. We advocate for governments to ensure that all migrants are treated with dignity. “This is a...
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The Merchandising of the Presidency
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LUEDERS, BILL
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The Merchandising of the Presidency Just about every candidate for president sells stuff, with proceeds benefiting the campaign. Here are some of the goods being...
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Afghanistan's Refugee Crisis
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Garcia, J. Malcolm
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ABUL—We sit in the shade near the shore of Qargha Lake in Kabul. The anemic shadows cast by thin trees point toward pitted paths where vendors sell fruit. On a road nearby, cars lurch through...
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Treated Like Enemies: The Crackdown on Egyptian Journalists
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Kouddous, Sharif Abdel
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AIRO—Two years ago in December, Egyptian security forces raided the home of Baher Mohamed, a producer for Al Jazeera English, breaking down the doors of his apartment at dawn while he and his...
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Nuclear Deal Gives Iranian Reformers Hope
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Erlich, Reese
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TEHRAN—Three students are standing outside the University of Tehran excitedly discussing the future of their country. Now that the United States and Iran have agreed on a nuclear accord, Iranians...
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Tobacco's Children
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Wurth, Margaret
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n a warm January afternoon in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Sandra, a forty-year-old tobacco farmer, dragged a lawn chair to a clearing in her front yard and motioned for me to sit. She...
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Newark's Fight for Local School Control
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Nathanson, Rebecca
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On a sunny Wednesday morning at the start of the 2014-2015 school year, seven teenagers sat crosslegged in a line across Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey. PVCpipes locked them to one another,...
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'A Mood of Resistance Has Opened Up': An Interview with Kshama Sawant
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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Kshama Sawant may well be the best-known city council member in America. There are reasons for this. She is outspoken, and she has no fear of stirring controversy. But the veteran of the Occupy...
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This Just In: Greed not Good
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Durst, Will
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This Just In: Greed not Good All right, kids. Get this. And get it straight. Gordon Gekko was wrong. Greed is not good. Greed is bad. Greed eats away at the core of society like a parasitic leech...
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Brain Damaged in the NFL
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Zirin, Dave
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Do we really want to know how the National Football League makes its sausage? That’s the question that came to mind when the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University recently...
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The Physics of War
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Briante, Susan
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The Physics of War —for Benjamin Johnson and Vincent Parker 1. You pulled Johnson’s greening bones from the sea. You entered the Gulf holding a single breath. You unfolded the nets of your...
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The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter
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have a soft spot for Jimmy Carter. He’s the first President of whom I have any memories. I remember my uncle jovially announcing Carter’s election victory at the breakfast table at my home in...
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Bernie and the Billionaires
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Hightower, Jim
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Bernie and the Billionaires I have some statistics for you. Wait . . . don’t run away! Where are you going? Come back here and sit still while I drill these stats into your head! It’ll be fun, and...
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